#2026-433France Tightens Waste Controls, Traceability, and Sorting Rules
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This decree strengthens the rules for waste-related facilities and aims to prevent illegal dumping and poor waste handling. Operators of certain classified installations, especially waste facilities, will need to provide more proof when filing declarations, including land ownership documents and owner consent where the operator does not own the site. For waste facilities, the declaration file must also show where outgoing waste will go during the first year of operation. Operators must estimate waste volumes and secure preliminary acceptance agreements covering at least 80% of that volume. This makes operators, landowners, and receiving sites more accountable before a facility begins operating.
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Key Changes
- Adds extra declaration documents for certain classified waste and materials facilities, including land ownership proof
- Requires landowner consent when the operator does not own the site, with clear notice of possible responsibility if the operator fails
- Requires waste facilities to estimate first-year outgoing waste and secure acceptance agreements covering at least 80% of that volume
Obligations
What this law requires
For declaration projects under ICPE nomenclature headings 2515, 2516, 2517, and 2700 to 2799, the declaration file must include the title deed for each land parcel on which the installation will be built.
If the declarant is not the owner of the land parcels for a project under headings 2515, 2516, 2517, or 2700 to 2799, the declaration file must include an attestation from the parcel owner or owners agreeing to the installation and acknowledging potential liability in case of operator default and criminal penalties for false declarations.
For declaration projects under ICPE nomenclature headings 2700 to 2799, the declaration file must include a sworn statement by the declarant estimating the quantity of outgoing waste from the installation during its first year of operation.
For declaration projects under ICPE nomenclature headings 2700 to 2799, the declaration file must include one or more preliminary agreements for acceptance of outgoing waste covering at least 80% of the estimated first-year outgoing waste quantity.
Preliminary waste-acceptance agreements submitted for projects under headings 2700 to 2799 must be dated less than three months before the declaration is filed.